Jwm - your questions are all logical and good questions. I’ve found that we find some things effect the sound of the final product one way or another and quite homestly we don’t really understand or know exactly why other than listening to it.
There is just no way technically a power cable should have the great effect on the sound the way it does. All I can tell you is what I do? I plug one in and listen and then plug another one in and listen and if one sounds substantially better then I trust my ears and go with that one and I’m happy for the improvement.
Many people today will honestly argue tooth and nail as they know for a fact, a scientific fact with all kinds of meansurements and research facts that prove that Speaker Cables and Interconnects or Power Cables are a total scam and we Audiophiles are the biggest idiots in the word and we are all being played as all cables are pure snake oil.
I don’t know about all their documents and scientific proof I just know they have a profound impact on the sound of my system that I am really glad to have.
Sure I wish they cost less but that goes for all of the stuff in high end Audio but that is why it’s called the High End I guess.
When I come across a great improvement and I think others might benefit from my experience then I share it but I understand not everyone will want to do it or understand it or even believe it.
In your situation where you use your WiFi Router over a local network to afford you the use of the excellent JRiver JRmote, that’s a good idea. I use JRiver and JRemote also.
Good idea using a LAN and a switch will work fine in a LAN. You are using internet just a local one over your own homes network I think they call that the intranet, but not sure. A switch will work here.
It’s not about cleaning the signal it’s about sending one less dirty.
it is not less dirty because it was cleaned more but a bit cleaner to start with hence has a lower noise floor. Kind of like 2 clean cars. One was dirty and washed and the other never really got dirty but both are clean.
So much and I mean a ton, or even one could say the vast majority of Hifi Audio is about doing the least damage. It has more to do with taking less away or starting with less damage verse correcting or adding something.
When we hear this great improvement by an Interconnect or Speaker cable or even a Preamp and SQ vastly improves many times we perceive that as a great ad when that improvement comes because that device does less damage or adds less or strips away layers or impediments even though it sounds like it is fixing or adding something.
i can tell your M5 boards and your DAC are incredibly sensitive and high powered SOTA devices that will appreciate the cleanest anything you can feed it. Be it Power Cables or power conditioning or interconnects or a stability platform. The M1 is so good and each time I’ve given it something a little better it has the revolving power to appreciate it and thank you for it by reflecting in increased SQ.
There is just no way technically a power cable should have the great effect on the sound the way it does. All I can tell you is what I do? I plug one in and listen and then plug another one in and listen and if one sounds substantially better then I trust my ears and go with that one and I’m happy for the improvement.
Many people today will honestly argue tooth and nail as they know for a fact, a scientific fact with all kinds of meansurements and research facts that prove that Speaker Cables and Interconnects or Power Cables are a total scam and we Audiophiles are the biggest idiots in the word and we are all being played as all cables are pure snake oil.
I don’t know about all their documents and scientific proof I just know they have a profound impact on the sound of my system that I am really glad to have.
Sure I wish they cost less but that goes for all of the stuff in high end Audio but that is why it’s called the High End I guess.
When I come across a great improvement and I think others might benefit from my experience then I share it but I understand not everyone will want to do it or understand it or even believe it.
In your situation where you use your WiFi Router over a local network to afford you the use of the excellent JRiver JRmote, that’s a good idea. I use JRiver and JRemote also.
Good idea using a LAN and a switch will work fine in a LAN. You are using internet just a local one over your own homes network I think they call that the intranet, but not sure. A switch will work here.
It’s not about cleaning the signal it’s about sending one less dirty.
it is not less dirty because it was cleaned more but a bit cleaner to start with hence has a lower noise floor. Kind of like 2 clean cars. One was dirty and washed and the other never really got dirty but both are clean.
So much and I mean a ton, or even one could say the vast majority of Hifi Audio is about doing the least damage. It has more to do with taking less away or starting with less damage verse correcting or adding something.
When we hear this great improvement by an Interconnect or Speaker cable or even a Preamp and SQ vastly improves many times we perceive that as a great ad when that improvement comes because that device does less damage or adds less or strips away layers or impediments even though it sounds like it is fixing or adding something.
i can tell your M5 boards and your DAC are incredibly sensitive and high powered SOTA devices that will appreciate the cleanest anything you can feed it. Be it Power Cables or power conditioning or interconnects or a stability platform. The M1 is so good and each time I’ve given it something a little better it has the revolving power to appreciate it and thank you for it by reflecting in increased SQ.